Truck for moving houses



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' Patented Aug. 24, 1886.

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TRUCK FOR MOVING HOUSES.

No. 348,005. Patented Aug. 24, 1886.

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PATENT- JOSEPH GOODMAN, SR, FREDRIOK ALBERT GOODMAN, AND JULIUS FRANKGOODMAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TRUCK FOR MOVING HOUSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,005, dated August.24,1886.

Application filed July 1, 18F6. Strial No. 206,7:9. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH GOODMAN, S12, FRIEDRICH ALBERT GOODMAN, andJU- LIUS FRANK GOODMAN, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trucks for MovingHouses; and we hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a' part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in trucks formoving houses; and the object of our invention is to construct a truckthat the same with its load may readily turn any street-corner, andtravel on devious roads or streets with the same facility and rapidityas on straight ones; and to this end our invention consists in thepeculiar construction of the truck and its steering-gear, all ashereinafter described.

In the drawings, which accompany this specification, Figure 1 is a planof our improved truck. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sec tion through oneof the individual trucks. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of thecarriage of the steering-gear. Fig. 4 is a plan of one of thecoimecting-bars of the steering-gear.

A A are two longitudinal sleepers, adjustably connected in any suitablemanner with the cross-girts B, bolts a and adjusting-holes b being shownin the drawings as the means for adjustably securing the parts together.

0 are four two-wheeled trucks with broadtired wheels, each truck havinga central kin gbolt, which pivotally connects the trucks with the frame.Each truck is provided with suitable hounds, c, and has aguide-pole, d,which, in the front trucks, extends in a forward direction and in therear trucks in a rearward direction. and each rear truck is connectedwith the fronttruck by means of a draft-chain, e, in which is a turn-buckle, f, for tightening it. A rack-bar, D, is secured to the frontand rear cross-girts, B, and a pinion, E, journaled in the carriage F,engages with the cogs of the rack-bar, and has a steeringwheel, G,secured to its shaft in such position that it may be convenient foroperation. The carriage F is supported on the cross-girl; by means ofsuitable travelers, so that it may travel readily in any direction inwhich the actuation of the steering-gear will draw it.

H are connecting -bars, pivotally secured to the ends of the guide-polesof the trucks and the frontand rear carriage, respectively. Theseguide-polesare provided with suitable extension-joints for lengtheningor shortening them, there being, preferably, a rod, g, hav.- ingadjusting pin-holes, a tube, It, into which said rod enters,aconnecting-pi n, if, and ascrewjoint,j, by means of which a moreaccurate adjustment may be obtained.

The draft is applied in the center of the front trucks by means ofadraft-chain, K, having a running connection with a sheave, L, aroundwhich the draft-cable M passes, but othersimilar draft connections maybeapplied.

In practice the parts are so arranged that at the normal or middleposition of both carriages the fourtrucks run in a straight track, butby the operation of the steering-gear each end of the truck may beguided independently of the other, andby the proper joint action of thetwo the whole truck may turn any corner, and, even if desired, turnwithin its own space.

What we claim as our invention is 1. In a truck for movinghouses, fourtrucks independently pivoted to the truck-frame and provided withtwoindependent steering-gears, one for the front trucks and one for therear trucks, substantially as described.

2. In a truck for moving houses, the combination of a truck-framemounted on four independently-pivoted trucks, of a steeringgear for thefront trucks, of a steering-gear for the rear trucks, and of a draftattachment in the pivotal center of the front trucks, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a truck for moving houses, in combination, atruck-frame, fourtwo-wheeled trucks pivotal] y secured to the truck-frame independentlyof each other, and having guide-poles, eross-girts carryingrack-bars,.carriages supported on said cross-girtsand carrying a pinionand steering-wheel, and of connection between-the guide-poles of thetrucks and the carriages, substantially as described.

4. In a truck for moving houses, the combination, withatruck-fi'anielaterally adjustable 0f the respective trucks,substantiaiiy as dei6 and mounted on four two-wheeled trucks inscribed.

dependently pivoted to said frame, of two IOSFP" GOOMIAN steering-gearsfor each pair of trucks, each FRE'DRICK h Z (301mm consisting of arack-bar mounted on a cross IUMUS FRANK GOODMAN girt, a carriagesnppi'ted on said cross-girt,

a pinion mounted on said carriage and carry- \Vitnesses:

'ing a steering-whee], and adjustable connections between the carriageand the draft-poles H. S. SPRAGUE, CHAS. THURMAN.

